F.B.I. Raids Office of Trump’s Longtime Lawyer Michael Cohen
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This is history repeating itself
Cheeto like by God keep the faith Cohen! keep the faith.. I love ya
On repeat!
Honestly, this stuff is just infuriating!
The White Man has to burn children LIVE in front of Millions to get a consideration of "He MAY have been wrong!" fucking MAY.
Obama would have....nevermind ya'll get it by now.
I swear during the next Presidential debate if any GOP candidate dare says anything about the party of integrity, faith, family etc. The other candidate needs to walk up to that person and slap them in the face followed by a punch to the stomach. Right there! Live of TV!
Makes you wonder about all those Trump Tower fires within the last year.
Should have send in John Wick to burn everything.
So it begins: Trump lawyer was paid $250,000 for brokering $1.6 million deal for ex-Playboy model...........who said she was impregnated by RNC official
- An ex-Playboy model agreed to a $1.6 million settlement deal brokered by President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.
- Sources also told CNBC that Cohen was paid $250,000 for negotiating and handling the deal.
- The model said she was impregnated by Elliott Broidy, who was a prominent supporter of Trump during the 2016 campaign.
President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, brokered a deal to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who said she was impregnated by Republican National Committee official Elliott Broidy, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNBC.
The sources also told CNBC that Cohen was paid $250,000 for negotiating and handling the deal.
Attorneys for Cohen and representatives for the Republican National Committee, as well as lawyers for the former Playboy model, have not yet responded to CNBC's requests for comment. Representatives for Broidy declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of Broidy's payoff to the woman earlier Friday.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that the 2017 deal prohibits the woman from discussing the relationship with Broidy, who worked as deputy finance chairman of the GOP committee. Broidy resigned from the committee shortly after the Journal's report. The committee's chairwoman accepted his resignation.
"I acknowledge I had a consensual relationship with a Playboy Playmate," Broidy said in a statement. "At the end of our relationship, this woman shared with me that she was pregnant. She alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and I offered to help her financially during this difficult period."
Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images
Elliott Broidy
Cohen also works for the committee as a national deputy finance chairman. Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as RNC national finance chair in February after the Journal reported that he had been accused of sexual misconduct.
The $1.6 million sum was scheduled to be paid to the woman in quarterly installments, beginning in December 2017 and parceled out over the course of two years, according to sources who declined to be named. Broidy still owes money under the deal, although it was unclear how much he still had to pay out.
The development is the latest example of Cohen negotiating nondisclosure agreements and payments to women who allegedly had affairs with his clients. Cohen and Trump are currently being sued by porn star Stormy Daniels, who seeks to void her own hush deal over an alleged dalliance with Trump for which she was paid $130,000.
Cohen is also in the sights of the FBI, who raided his office and residence on Monday and seized records and communications related to the deal with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The agents also sought documents regarding another woman who allegedly had an affair with Trump, Karen McDougal, who received $150,000 from the parent company of The National Enquirer. The CEO of that company, American Media, is friends with Trump.
The authorities reportedly seized documents and communications related to the now-infamous "Access Hollywood" tape containing audio of Trump boasting about sexual harassment.
Broidy was a prominent supporter of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and contributed to the then-candidate's fundraising efforts as vice chairman of the Trump Victory Fund, which combined state and national Republican committees.
Broidy apologized to his family in his statement: "It is unfortunate that this personal matter between two consenting adults is the subject of national discussion just because of Michael Cohen's involvement. Mr. Cohen reached out to me after being contacted by this woman's attorney, Keith Davidson. Although I had not previously hired Mr. Cohen, I retained Mr. Cohen after he informed me about his prior relationship with Mr. Davidson."
.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/trump-lawyer-brokered-1-point-6-million-hush-deal-for-top-gop-fundraiser-wsj.html
The sources also told CNBC that Cohen was paid $250,000 for negotiating and handling the deal.
Attorneys for Cohen and representatives for the Republican National Committee, as well as lawyers for the former Playboy model, have not yet responded to CNBC's requests for comment. Representatives for Broidy declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of Broidy's payoff to the woman earlier Friday.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that the 2017 deal prohibits the woman from discussing the relationship with Broidy, who worked as deputy finance chairman of the GOP committee. Broidy resigned from the committee shortly after the Journal's report. The committee's chairwoman accepted his resignation.
"I acknowledge I had a consensual relationship with a Playboy Playmate," Broidy said in a statement. "At the end of our relationship, this woman shared with me that she was pregnant. She alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and I offered to help her financially during this difficult period."
Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images
Elliott Broidy
Cohen also works for the committee as a national deputy finance chairman. Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as RNC national finance chair in February after the Journal reported that he had been accused of sexual misconduct.
The $1.6 million sum was scheduled to be paid to the woman in quarterly installments, beginning in December 2017 and parceled out over the course of two years, according to sources who declined to be named. Broidy still owes money under the deal, although it was unclear how much he still had to pay out.
The development is the latest example of Cohen negotiating nondisclosure agreements and payments to women who allegedly had affairs with his clients. Cohen and Trump are currently being sued by porn star Stormy Daniels, who seeks to void her own hush deal over an alleged dalliance with Trump for which she was paid $130,000.
Cohen is also in the sights of the FBI, who raided his office and residence on Monday and seized records and communications related to the deal with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The agents also sought documents regarding another woman who allegedly had an affair with Trump, Karen McDougal, who received $150,000 from the parent company of The National Enquirer. The CEO of that company, American Media, is friends with Trump.
The authorities reportedly seized documents and communications related to the now-infamous "Access Hollywood" tape containing audio of Trump boasting about sexual harassment.
Broidy was a prominent supporter of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and contributed to the then-candidate's fundraising efforts as vice chairman of the Trump Victory Fund, which combined state and national Republican committees.
Broidy apologized to his family in his statement: "It is unfortunate that this personal matter between two consenting adults is the subject of national discussion just because of Michael Cohen's involvement. Mr. Cohen reached out to me after being contacted by this woman's attorney, Keith Davidson. Although I had not previously hired Mr. Cohen, I retained Mr. Cohen after he informed me about his prior relationship with Mr. Davidson."
.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/trump-lawyer-brokered-1-point-6-million-hush-deal-for-top-gop-fundraiser-wsj.html
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A fucking moron. Notice the timing of the raid.. And how it come the first business day after Drumpf denied knowing about those payments. Now the fbi gonna use those statements as a response to a privilege defense. FBI also is probably behind todays leak of the $1.6 million negotiated settlement by Cohen for another GOP scumbag. These guys are toast.
I could see this as GOP standard practice. The RNC is intertwined in all this shit. Sure there are plenty others. Cohen's role Another rabbit hole along with NRA Russian funneled money. Do remember, Cohen and Broidy are both Deputy Finance Chairmen.........who said she was impregnated by RNC official
- An ex-Playboy model agreed to a $1.6 million settlement deal brokered by President Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.
- Sources also told CNBC that Cohen was paid $250,000 for negotiating and handling the deal.
- The model said she was impregnated by Elliott Broidy, who was a prominent supporter of Trump during the 2016 campaign.
President Donald Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, brokered a deal to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who said she was impregnated by Republican National Committee official Elliott Broidy, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CNBC.
The sources also told CNBC that Cohen was paid $250,000 for negotiating and handling the deal.
Attorneys for Cohen and representatives for the Republican National Committee, as well as lawyers for the former Playboy model, have not yet responded to CNBC's requests for comment. Representatives for Broidy declined to comment.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the news of Broidy's payoff to the woman earlier Friday.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal reported that the 2017 deal prohibits the woman from discussing the relationship with Broidy, who worked as deputy finance chairman of the GOP committee. Broidy resigned from the committee shortly after the Journal's report. The committee's chairwoman accepted his resignation.
"I acknowledge I had a consensual relationship with a Playboy Playmate," Broidy said in a statement. "At the end of our relationship, this woman shared with me that she was pregnant. She alone decided that she did not want to continue with the pregnancy and I offered to help her financially during this difficult period."
Stefanie Keenan | Getty Images
Elliott Broidy
Cohen also works for the committee as a national deputy finance chairman. Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as RNC national finance chair in February after the Journal reported that he had been accused of sexual misconduct.
The $1.6 million sum was scheduled to be paid to the woman in quarterly installments, beginning in December 2017 and parceled out over the course of two years, according to sources who declined to be named. Broidy still owes money under the deal, although it was unclear how much he still had to pay out.
The development is the latest example of Cohen negotiating nondisclosure agreements and payments to women who allegedly had affairs with his clients. Cohen and Trump are currently being sued by porn star Stormy Daniels, who seeks to void her own hush deal over an alleged dalliance with Trump for which she was paid $130,000.
Cohen is also in the sights of the FBI, who raided his office and residence on Monday and seized records and communications related to the deal with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford. The agents also sought documents regarding another woman who allegedly had an affair with Trump, Karen McDougal, who received $150,000 from the parent company of The National Enquirer. The CEO of that company, American Media, is friends with Trump.
The authorities reportedly seized documents and communications related to the now-infamous "Access Hollywood" tape containing audio of Trump boasting about sexual harassment.
Broidy was a prominent supporter of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, and contributed to the then-candidate's fundraising efforts as vice chairman of the Trump Victory Fund, which combined state and national Republican committees.
Broidy apologized to his family in his statement: "It is unfortunate that this personal matter between two consenting adults is the subject of national discussion just because of Michael Cohen's involvement. Mr. Cohen reached out to me after being contacted by this woman's attorney, Keith Davidson. Although I had not previously hired Mr. Cohen, I retained Mr. Cohen after he informed me about his prior relationship with Mr. Davidson."
.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/trump-lawyer-brokered-1-point-6-million-hush-deal-for-top-gop-fundraiser-wsj.html
Game over.https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.290b0c1f827e
Trump’s allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has evidence that Donald Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign, around the time a British spy says Cohen met with a Kremlin official there to discuss Russian interference in the U.S. election, sources have told McClatchy. Cohen, pictured on April 11, 2018, has vehemently denied ever visiting Prague. Mary Altaffer AP
By Peter Stone And Greg Gordon
ggordon@mcclatchydc.com
April 13, 2018 06:08 PM
Updated 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON
The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Confirmation of the trip would lend credence to a retired British spy’s report that Cohen strategized there with a powerful Kremlin figure about Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
It would also be one of the most significant developments thus far in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of whether the Trump campaign and the Kremlin worked together to help Trump win the White House. Undercutting Trump’s repeated pronouncements that “there is no evidence of collusion,” it also could ratchet up the stakes if the president tries, as he has intimated he might for months, to order Mueller’s firing.
Trump’s threats to fire Mueller or the deputy attorney general overseeing the investigation, Rod Rosenstein, grew louder this week when the FBI raided Cohen’s home, hotel room and office on Monday. The raid was unrelated to the Trump-Russia collusion probe, but instead focused on payments made to women who have said they had sexual relationships with Trump.
Cohen has vehemently denied for months that he ever has been in Prague or colluded with Russia during the campaign. Neither he nor his lawyer responded to requests for comment for this story.
It’s unclear whether Mueller’s investigators also have evidence that Cohen actually met with a prominent Russian – purportedly Konstantin Kosachev, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin — in the Czech capital. Kosachev, who chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee of a body of the Russian legislature, the Federation Council, also has denied visiting Prague during 2016. Earlier this month, Kosachev was among 24 high-profile Russians hit with stiff U.S. sanctions in retaliation for Russia’s meddling.
But investigators have traced evidence that Cohen entered the Czech Republic through Germany, apparently during August or early September of 2016 as the ex-spy reported, said the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is confidential. He wouldn’t have needed a passport for such a trip, because both countries are in the so-called Schengen Area in which 26 nations operate with open borders. The disclosure still left a puzzle: The sources did not say whether Cohen took a commercial flight or private jet to Europe, and gave no explanation as to why no record of such a trip has surfaced.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller’s office, declined comment.
Unconfirmed reports of a clandestine Prague meeting came to public attention in January 2017, with the publication of a dossier purporting to detail the Trump campaign’s interactions with Russia – a series of reports that former British MI6 officer Christopher Steele gathered from Kremlin sources for Trump’s political opponents, including Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Cohen’s alleged communications with the Russians were mentioned multiple times in Steele’s reports, which he ultimately shared with the FBI.
When the news site Buzzfeed published the entire dossier on Jan. 11, Trump denounced the news organization as “a failing pile of garbage” and said the document was “false and fake.” Cohen tweeted, “I have never been to Prague in my life. #fakenews.”
In the ensuing months, he allowed Buzzfeed to inspect his passport and tweeted: “The #Russian dossier is WRONG!”
Last August, an attorney for Cohen, Stephen Ryan, delivered to Congress a point-by-point rebuttal of the dossier’s allegations, stating: “Mr. Cohen is not aware of any ‘secret TRUMP campaign/Kremlin relationship.’”
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article208870264.html
It's fucking over. I thought he would last until next year... but it has to be over man.. there is so much PUBLIC evidence at this point. Imagine the shit they have privately. They guilty as fuck
They said Trump liked to keep tapes because he liked to blackmail people with recordings... probably never thinking anyone would get his records at some point..smh
Comey is making the rounds for his tell all. He is talking in code for certain shit to that end.. "I dont know if the president was with prostitutes peeing.. But its possible.". He literally said that. This is all so incredible to watch play out. But yea, lotta of shit they know about and havent released yet... Im of the opinion that the pee tape is legitimate... certainly atleast partially.
He thought he was J Edgar Hoover.
Steele said there is a 50/50 chance the peepee tape exists. There was a timeline somewhere for the night it happened, they said they don't think he had enough time from the night before when he was seen publicly to the next day when seen publicly to have done all that. Who knows tho.
you know what, they probably do have him tapped.
Trump we don't need no stinking judges?!?
Trump slams due process: ‘We’re the only country that has judges’
In an interview that aired during Thursday morning’s “Fox & Friends,” host Brian Kilmeade pointed out that Trump’s crackdown has contributed to a monumental backlog in immigration courts.
On Fox News, Trump called the use of courts 'corrupt' and 'horrible.'
Trump’s contempt for the rule of law was on full display when he mocked the very idea of due process for immigrants, and seemed to suggest ending immigration courts altogether.
“You need more judges,” Kilmeade said. “How close is that?”
“Think of it, we are the only country, essentially, that has judges,” Trump said. “They want to hire thousands of judges. Other countries have, it’s called security people. People that stand there and say ‘You can’t come in.
“We have thousands of judges, and they need thousands of more judges,” Trump said. “The whole system is corrupt, It’s horrible. So, yeah, you need thousands of judges based on this crazy system.”
“Who ever heard of a system where you put people through trials?” Trump asked. “Where do these judges come from? You know, a judge is a very special person. How do you hire thousands of people to be a judge? So, it’s ridiculous. We’re going to change the system. We have no choice for the good of our country.”
Trump’s ignorance of immigration courts is staggering, even by Trump’s standards. There are only just over three hundred immigration judges in the United States, and the number of new judges needed to address the backlog is between 200 and 250, not “thousands.”
And Trump is also wrong about the levelof due process afforded in immigration courts, where the government is not required to provide legal counsel and, children often end up representing themselves in perfunctory proceedings.
But even worse than our current dysfunctional immigration courts is the prospect that Trump would try to do away with them, as he suggests.
Time and again, Trump has shown contempt for bedrock democratic concepts like free speech, freedom of the press, and an independent Justice Department. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress have shown equal contemptfor their own role as a check on the White House, which makes Trump’s despotic ruminations that much scarier.
Trump slams due process: ‘We’re the only country that has judges’
In an interview that aired during Thursday morning’s “Fox & Friends,” host Brian Kilmeade pointed out that Trump’s crackdown has contributed to a monumental backlog in immigration courts.
On Fox News, Trump called the use of courts 'corrupt' and 'horrible.'
Trump’s contempt for the rule of law was on full display when he mocked the very idea of due process for immigrants, and seemed to suggest ending immigration courts altogether.
“You need more judges,” Kilmeade said. “How close is that?”
“Think of it, we are the only country, essentially, that has judges,” Trump said. “They want to hire thousands of judges. Other countries have, it’s called security people. People that stand there and say ‘You can’t come in.
“We have thousands of judges, and they need thousands of more judges,” Trump said. “The whole system is corrupt, It’s horrible. So, yeah, you need thousands of judges based on this crazy system.”
“Who ever heard of a system where you put people through trials?” Trump asked. “Where do these judges come from? You know, a judge is a very special person. How do you hire thousands of people to be a judge? So, it’s ridiculous. We’re going to change the system. We have no choice for the good of our country.”
Trump’s ignorance of immigration courts is staggering, even by Trump’s standards. There are only just over three hundred immigration judges in the United States, and the number of new judges needed to address the backlog is between 200 and 250, not “thousands.”
And Trump is also wrong about the levelof due process afforded in immigration courts, where the government is not required to provide legal counsel and, children often end up representing themselves in perfunctory proceedings.
But even worse than our current dysfunctional immigration courts is the prospect that Trump would try to do away with them, as he suggests.
Time and again, Trump has shown contempt for bedrock democratic concepts like free speech, freedom of the press, and an independent Justice Department. Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress have shown equal contemptfor their own role as a check on the White House, which makes Trump’s despotic ruminations that much scarier.
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